Brace for bedsteads



0. P. LEWIS.

BEACH FOR BEDSTEADS.

(No Model.)

'PatentedApr, 17, 1888.

INVENTORi ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES 1 CHARLES PATTON Lewis, or swEErsPRINes, .wEsr VIRGINIAQV BRACE FOR egos-rams, W

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pa'tentN'o. 381,262, dated April 17,1888.

Application filed July 14, 1887 the following is a full, clear, and exact description. p w

The object of my invention is to provide a I new and improved brace for strengthening I ening the end strips to suit bedsteads of dif- 'are held.

bedsteads and holding the posts securely in place.

The invention consists' in the construction and arrangement of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims. i

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of myim provement as applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device for lengthening and shortferent lengths. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sec tional elevation of the adjusting-bolt on the line :0 :vof Fig. 1. I r

The head and foot bed-posts are each provided with a hook, A, on the inside, placed below the notched railing inwhich the slats On the hooks A of the bed-posts are hooked the outer ends of the bands B,which are fastened by their inner ends on the head 0, in which is held to turn loosely the bolt D, provided with the inner square part D, for turning said boltby means of awrench or'other suitable tool. On the threaded portion of the bolt D screws the nut E, formed in the shape of a winged' nut, and connected by the bands F with thehooks A of the posts at the 'foot of the bed. The bands F are made adjustable,

- so as. to fit the brace to bedsteadsof different lengths, and each band F is provided with a band,G,hooked by one end tot-he hook on one of the foot bed-posts, and passed at its other end between the ends on the doubled up band Serial No. 244,302. (No 11101161.)

- lower part of the pin or bolt J may be inserted into the respective aperture G, according to the lengthof the bedstead.

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My' improved brace isapplied as follows:

The bands are adjusted to a certain 1ength,accordingto the length of the bedstead on-which the brace is to be used,by inserting the pins J in the correspondingapertures G, registering with the apertures H in the doubled-up band H. Then the ferrule I is movedover the top arm of the pin J, thereby'locking the latter in place on the bandsG and H.' The bands B' and F are then hooked over the hooks Aon the head and foot bed-posts, and'then the op-' erator applies a wrench or other suitable tool on the square part D" of the bolt D, and turns the latter, so as to'screw thenut E inward to- ,ward the head G, in which the bolt D turns loosely.

It will be seen that by this turning move-- ,ment imparted to the bolt D the bands B and F are stretched and drawn veryttight, thus drawing the bedposts firmly'inposition,

whereby the "entire bedstead is strengthened,

and the posts are held securely in place. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure 'byLetters Patent--- 1. In a brace for bedsteads, the combination, with the bands F, having a slide or ferrule, I,

thereon provided with thelongitudinal groove I,of the ap ertured band G,extending between the bands H and the separate and independent angle-pin J, the vertical arm of which is passed through apertures in the different bands, and

stantially as set forth.v

the horizontal arm held in the groove '1, sub

- 2. The combinatiomwith a bedstead hav-, 7 I

ing the hooks A at its four inner corners, of the bands B B,connected to two of the hooks,

the longitudinally-apertured head Gysecured. to the inner ends of said straps, the bands F, formed oftheseparateand'independentstraps I G H, a longitudinally-grooved ferrule on the straps H, and the angle-pins J, overfthehoria rco zontal arms of which the said ferruleis slid, 7

the nut E, havinga screw-threaded aperture, and the bolt D, turning freely inthe head 0, engaging the nut and formed with the-intermediate squared part, D, substantially as set forth. I

- Witnesses: v r

.M. M. CALDWELL, J NO. P. OURRAN.

CHARLES PATTON Lewis. 

